Home Free's "crimes" Tim: killed a man in Reno Chance: mafia hit man Austin: fleecing little old ladies Rob: was framed Adam: waiting to be transferred to the psych ward! You're one of the few reactors who understood that the height charts was typical HF humor.
You have to realize that ALL the sounds that are in the background are train sounds, from the American Midwest, the clackety, clack on the track, the lonely train horn sound, to Austins cry sound of the train whistle. All of those sounds are associated with trains, to those of us that are old enough to remember.
Thank you. Alot of people don't realize that. Not only is the song about a train, Johnny specifically made the music sound like the chuga chuga of a steam locomotive. This was Home Free's was of bringing in the train sound because they don't have instruments.
This was filmed at each of their homes during Covid lockdown. They were being silly with the height charts. What an amazing result when it was all put together for us to hear! Fantastic!
🎶🙉🙉🙉🎶 .. Sir HIrless , you my friend ....... are a Home Fry , and I love it. You enjoy the creativity, the harmonics , the playful spirit .. and the filth .... like we all do , but you have a posh vocabulary that we have to catch up with. Johnny Cash had a way with words , and a voice you could notice immediately. I like many of his songs , but I like the way Home Free honors him , but brings some juicy filth to it all. Nice to see that Home Free has a follower from across the pond who probably is sipping on a Breakast Tea while listening. Keep these coming Sir .. and by the way .. no one is skipping your breakdowns - your knowledge is very entertaining. TY .. 🙉🙉🙉🎶🎶
@@SirHairless not that it matters , but , I gave up drinking alcohol 34 years ago. I fell I love with the aroma and taste of coffee when I was young. Coffee is my daily friend , and once a week or so , I enjoy a nice hot cup of tea. I really enjoy your reactions to great music.
I was going to say the same thing…Home Free’s slowed down jazzy-bluesy version with the added “3, 4 years to go. Tell me do you hear that whistle blow” lyrics and the minor chords make for a far more interesting song! Fantastic reaction!
🐎🐎🐎🐎 .. great reaction ! Another killer song for you to react to by Home Free is - " Blue Ain't Your Color " . originally by Keith Urban. In the Home Free version , Rob has the spotlight and does a fabulous job. 🐎🐎🐎🐎
Reactions to “Blue Ain’t Your Color” tend to get blocked initially but do go through. I think I heard Urban’s team reached out to HomeFree to cover it. The original is very doo wop to my ears.
The guys did a great job of this Johnny Cash cover. Made it into a jazzy blues style. And they all look like some sort of criminals especially Tim & Adam. Remember this was done during quarantine so none of them were physically together. They were very creative during that time. Love the background train noises. Adam's beatboxing is crazy good & so is Tim's low notes.
Forgot to mention, back in the day trains had special cars for the wealthy passengers, dining cars and a lounge where the wealthy men would go after a meal to enjoy a coffee or their favorite alcoholic drink with a cigar (cigars were considered a sign of wealth).
Yes, “regular” folks were not allowed in the dining cars. If you rode the train in “coach”, you had the bring your own food, or try to find something at the places the train stopped.
I was wearing light loose clothes and standing really close to the stage for “Ring of Fire”. The sound was a literal breeze that moved the fabric like a wind. 🌬️
I'm pretty sure I read in other comments that Adam and his wife had just had a baby, hence the disheveled, no sleep, "mad" appearance. Great reaction and breakdown! 🙂❤
This is another "quarantine " song from Home Free, they kept us entertained throughout the entire time. Your analysis always seems to give me new insight that the "why" music feels so good in my head. Thanks!
Love your analysis as usual. I always learn something new.This was one of the songs they released during the Pandemic. In my opinion, there is a noticeable jump in both content and audio quality with their work. It's like they reached a new level.
I think that Cash's version is using the "happy" key is because he's singing to prisoners and he's there to have and make fun of how they got there. They adored him and the fact that he'd perform for them right there in prison! Austin's high notes are the trains horn blowing and underneath it all is the train chugging away on the tracks that you mentioned. It's all through the song. I think it's better heard on the Johnny Cash recording. Love the "good filth" face! A Sir Hairess classic now! Thanks!
This was made during lockdown, so they recorded and filmed their individual parts at home, and their producer, Darren Rust, and videographer, Jimmy Bates, put them together. They put out a new video every two weeks or so -- gave all us Fries something to look forward to.
What a fantastic reaction. Your knowledge of how music is put together is just amazing. I just wish that I had the knowledge to keep up with you. But I gain a bit of understanding every time I watch. Since this is a Johnny Cash original, I will bring to your attention Johnny's version of HURT. It was recorded, and performed near the end of his life, and he changed the song to reflect an old mans regrets. I guess it is his final lament. He did a superb job with the music video, and it would be well worth one of your valuable reaction slots.
Hurt by Johnny Cash is amazing. Another two covers that will blow you away are Help(the Beatles) by John Farnham with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Lose Yourself (Eminem) by Kasey Chambers both amazing Australian artists who have made the song their own. Love your reaction ❤
Thank you for reacting to this video. I enjoy watching your reactions. There is a video from a concert of Austin laying on a speaker while Tim does his lowest note. It is so funny.
In old films set in prison (often black and white in the 1950s), the soundtracks often had a wailing voice like Austin's in Home Free's version of Folsom Prison Blues. It was meant to convey the despair of imprisonment. The imagery of sitting in a train car while "drinking coffee and smoking big cigars" is one of idle pleasure. Johnny Cash was the son of a sharecropper. Sharecroppers did not live idle lives but struggled daily just to survive. Being able freely to ride a train and indulge in simple pleasures was a fantasy.
The background music in this song is meant to invoke a old train. AUstin singing high is like a whistle in the the distance. The "oh! oh!" just gotta listen, it's crazy, took me like 5 listens to realize it.
Another entertaining reaction, sir! As someone who used to know a little music theory, and has dabbled in music for most of my life, I am awe-struck by the depth and intensity of your breakdown segments. Keep doing what you're doing - it is absolutely brilliant 👍
Heard another HOME FREE with extra 'nasty, filthy, juicy, scrunchy' chords! (All Good, of course!) I couldn't help but think of you!! The song is STAND BY ME. Thanks as always for your expertise and time!!
That scowl we make when we hear "good filth" is known as "stank face" in the US. It's thus described in the online Urban Dictionary: "Definition of stank face from urban dictionary: “A reflexive expression made by musicians and music lovers - particularly those involved in Black American music scenes (funk, jazz, hip hop, etc.) - to show appreciation for a particularly stanky (i.e. funky) beat, solo, riff or bassline."
haha!! We had an " escapee" on the news once in a while. I had to lock the house. Maybe I did hear the whistle blow. One of the escapee was actually ON THE TRAIN... @@itzel1735
I am on the run today, so I will comment later but others have brought up the train sounds. Much of country stems from Appalachia,, which are our eastern mountains where the grungy, moonshining mountain men lived. Not the big Rocky Mountains out west where the cowboys went. After the civil war, coffee was a scarce commodity and they had to drink chicory. Our entire country was founded on a bunch of Englishmen who got a hold of tobacco seed and it was such a valuable commodity, they could have been put to death for having them. They fled to Jamestown, Virginia and made a fortune off tobacco. That could be where the cigar came from. Later on Cuban cigars became a popular luxury. Depends on which era they are referencing. We don't know. As for Tim and vibration, look up the video Tim Faust's vibration and go to the 4 minute mark to see it. Good reaction, as always, Sir. And Geoff goes lower in Oogie Boogie's song.
Ok. Baseball done. The clicking noise is from the train reference. I am not sure about British trains, but our tracks are modular. They're put together in pieces and as you roll over the connection, it clicks in set time. Austin's got the steam release and whistle. Later on the sounds are more prison, with the clanging gates, lock sounds and harmonica. They do a real interesting cover of Unchained Melody like this, where what they focus on changes the conventional interpretation of the song.
Geoff actually does not go lower on Oogie Boogie though he can. In this cover SH points out an E1 which is the same lowest note Geoff hits in Oogie Boogie but it sounds lower because it’s a subharmonic and Geoff also has more resonance. I believe the lowest note Tim hits in this one is a B1 which is even lower than the E1. The lowest note Geoff has recorded is an A0, not sure of Tim’s record low. 😅
I know very little about technical music theory but I am learning more every time I listen to your comments. The eerie sounds we are hearing used to be very common. They are the sounds of trains traveling through the countryside, passing intersections and track switches. I wonder if the whistles and rhythms are different in the UK. Thank you. For your insights
Cigars weren’t technically for rich people, just top-quality ones. I have my great-great-grandmother’s business card when she had her own barbershop in Chicago in 1899-1908, and on it, she advertises not just her barbering services, but also “first-class laundry” and “fine cigars and tobaccos.” Her clientele seemed to have been the average stockyards worker living nearby, not one of the bosses commuting in, so definitely not the wealthy type!
I've always just listened to a song and never thought about all that goes into the writing and arranging. Thank you for breaking it down for us. Blows my mind how they know what to do to make up all the different parts. Does that make sense? Amazing
I never was a Johnny Cash fan but Home Free, as always, blow it out of the park. Sir Hairless your analysis is just as enjoyable as the song. Love how you break things down
I always loved Johnny Cash's version. But wnen I first heard their version, it became my new favorite. Geoff's is pretty good too. Thank you for another great and educational reaction. I like how you break it down, and also include your i terpretation of the lyrics
What a groove! I love their take on it. I have to admit it’s not an original I would listen to but their cover... absolutely! That slower pace and rich chords, now, that gets my attention. Great R/A again... lol... I repeat myself but I want you to know how much I appreciate your hard, instructive and entertaining work. 🤗
My father loved this Johnny Cash song. This version is much more appealing to my ears than the original!( which my dad played a lot). ❤R/A🎼 Are they Gregorian Chants? Sounds like it - or plain song. I think they are one and the same maybe?
Plainchants are usually just one line, whereas organum requires more than one line to create the harmony. I think of them as the next generation/evolution of plainchants 🎶
I love Home Free (especially Tim Foust), and I thoroughly enjoyed this cover and your reaction. I must admit that Geoff Castellucci’s cover of this song is my favorite. It would be interesting if you juxtaposed reactions to the same song by different artists. I think there are dozens of covers to “Sound of Silence” or “Hallelujah”, for example. Of course, you could just react to one rendition of “Hallelujah” - the one by Caleb Hyles has four other solo singers: Thomas Sanders, Jonathan Young, Colm McGuinness, & Dan Vasc. ua-cam.com/video/y7kBEGrLfjM/v-deo.htmlsi=4v06HqhYK5Yaz1-
Geoff Castellucci also did "Folsom Prison Blues". It is fantastic. He rented a real prison for it. Geoff clones himself 3-4 times for harmonies. They all have their own names.... Jeff, Jeoph, Goff and Daryl. These 4 can be seen in his newest video "Unshaken". Which is the 4 ghost riders from his "Ghost Riders In The Sky" video. When they were still alive. All his videos are amazing just like Voiceplay is. He also uses costumes and makeup in his videos but he uses instruments and effects not acapella. He is also multi genre. Rock, oldies, folk, country, pop, movie characters. My first introduction to him was "Ain't No Sunshine".
@@darthleia2536 Yes they are. Can't wait till their new video posts on UA-cam. It is funny as heck. Their absolute best. Sequel to "In The Hall of The Mountain King".
Home Free did a great job on this song. Chance's voice fits in this and Tim's voice fits in this song. Austin and Rob did a great job to. Adam's beatboxing is great. Last part of this song Tim's low bass voice 😊. Home Free is my favorite group. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I much value your reaction videos, better suited to my tastes than most other (maybe all other) reactors that I see. Furthermore, it is impressive that you sing, have been there, done that, and you hear what is going on in the music, especially the subtleties. I have always construed Austin's high riffs effectuating the train whistle, adding to the loneliness of the song’s theme. We prisoners can hear the whistle, even when we can’t see the train, but it makes no difference. We will never be on it. Thanks for the reaction.
I have to ask, do you teach? I know everyone has a calling per se, but you would be outstanding at it! I am 52yrs old and have learned more from you than they taught me in school! MUSIC FEEDS THE SOUL! But with that being said, my grandmother had a keyboard and she played fantastic but she did it by ear. Lots of music talent in our family before her, but all by Ear. I now have a 2 and a half granddaughter that THRIVES on music! She will, at her young age, watch the Sound of Music half way through without getting fidgety! My mother is the only one that can READ music. Not a single one of us can live without MUSIC! I think this is why I love your reactions so much! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ You can take TV, movies, etc. away from me, but don't take access of music away from me, that would be a BAD day 😂😂😂😂😂
Hey Sir, I can’t believe you mentioned the parallel organum mode of using the intervals between melodic lines executed in archaic songs in this reaction! Yesterday I was reading a text that briefly compared medieval melodies in the plainchant and in the variations of organum - that’s a huge coincidence and, honestly, I can’t believe how much of a music encyclopedia you are!😄And in this fun reaction we even got a very nice ‘bass face’ from you in that Tim super low note, sooo cool!👌It’s amazing to be here always learning a bit of new things from your 'filthy' analysis, thank you very much!!
@@SirHairless Hi, Sir! It was a text written in Portuguese discussing the influence of the ancient Gregorian chant to the folkloric music typical of the Northeast region of Brazil. What makes this place particularly interesting on this matter is the fact that it was the place where the colonization began, with the first known musical miscegenation starting to happen in the brazilian territory (through the mixture of music brought by Portuguese jesuits - variations of gregorian chants - with the indigenenous music existent among Tupi tribes). Until recent years this region remained quite isolated, keeping several cultural/musical traits that are reminiscent of ancient times. Besides, it's the birthplace of most of my family, corresponding to the place where my innermost cultural background is rooted - so, it's something that captures my interest! :)
First reactor ever to recognize Crescent City Blues. But you missed the even earlier original ragtime(?) piano-only Crescent City Blues. 😂. Still one of my favorite Home Free songs and as always you come through on the breakdown.
I love your analysis of these songs! This is a fan favorite of Home Fry’s so I believe they perform it at most concerts (I unfortunately have not been to one because they don’t come out my way often if at all). I love this version of this song both the vocals and the interpretation but of course I love Home Free, my favorite group by a mile! ❤ You mentioned West Side Story which is one of my favorites. I think Bernstein was a very underrated composer. I would think as a classical musician you may have heard his Chichester Psalms? It is amazing! And to think he also wrote a Broadway show Candide, 3 completely different styles of music but I always loved his use of dissonance and syncopation. Thanks again for a wonderful analysis! #HomeFree
Thanks Patricia! Yes, I know Chichester Psalms extremely well (It may have even been the first solo concert I gave as a chorister ) Here is one of my favourite recordings, sung by Lawrence Zazzo in Cambridge: ua-cam.com/video/o-2Xk7fZ7q8/v-deo.html
@@SirHairless That was stunning, thank you! When I was in High School (I graduated 1973 😫), I sang in the NYSMA Festival and received a 6A++ the highest grade possible for my performance of O Divine Redeemer. From there I was chosen for the All County, then the All State, then the all Eastern choirs. With the All Eastern choir we performed Chichester Psalms, what an honor. I was quite a good soprano back then but being 69 now I can’t sing much anymore but I sure can still appreciate what I hear and how difficult it is to perform it. Thank you again for your reactions and analysis, I really enjoy them.
Had eyes closed during my 2nd listen, and what an awesome experience 👏. I absolutely love Johnny's version, but (and as much as I don't always cover versions), I have to say, HF did an amazing job - such talents ❤️. Very much "the same but different".
Dear SH - this is absolutely brilliant!! I'm comparatively new to Home Free - first heard them on your channel - and this song blows my mind - my favourite so far, I love it!! And your analysis is just filth, GOOD filth! 👌 💯 👏
I had some basic music training as a child, and I find your explanations very helpful and useful to my range of knowledge - so I very much apppreciate every one of your bits of detail as they make sense to me, as they must also be to people with higher levels of training. Thanks so much for adding to the enjoyment of my favorite singing group!
I hear the train sounds daily in very tiny town America. They’re very accurate 😊 I like that you caught the height chart humor. Great reaction and informative ❤
When they do this song live, they combIne it with Man Of Constant Sorrow. It is such a stinken cool mashup! Austin joins Adam Rupp in doing the "nomonica". I'm really gonna miss him!
Oh, that was one of my favorite reaction/analysis yet! Loved your expression when Tim hit that low note on his last verse! This was one of the last videos they put out at the end of the pandemic. Love their version! Love Rob’s bluesy notes! Some of my favorites! There are so many more Home Free reactions that came to mind while watching you react to this one. The first is their Boyz 2 Men cover of “End of the Road” where Rob and Austin trade off between leads. Rob really lets loose on this one! Oooweee! Austin belts it out, too! Also, the did Keith Urban’s cover of “Blue Ain’t Your Color” with some choreography (which is not Rob and Chance’s strong suit, especially Chance. ☺️). Last, but certainly not least is their cover of “Unchained Melody”. Ooooh! It Gooood!
Hermosa versión, alegre y divertida. Es hermoso ver las diferentes versiones. gracias por enseñarnos tanto. Y Gracias por amar tanto la música y transmitirnos a todos ese amor y pasión por ella. Un abrazo grande de madre, como siempre.
Awesome breakdown and analysis!!! Home Free, when they cover they stay true and honor the original but definitely make it their own. I love it!!! Be Safe
Thanks! I love how this includes sounds similar to the natural sounds of an old locomotive. Chugga chugga, clicketly clack and the long off whistle. And I adore the syncopated rhythm. But my favorite part is the tenors echoing mama's warning, "Don't ever play with guns" in her higher voice. p.s. I think Adam said he ended up racking an actual shotgun to get the exact sound he wanted for the end of that phrase on the recording.
I’m seeing them 2 weeks from today…Cannot Wait ♥️💕♥️🥰❤️🔥🔥‼️….The last time 1 year & 3 months ago…it Was AMAZING ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥‼️…my butt vibrated, &, my hair tingled … it was CRAZY FUN 🔥💕🔥‼️…
Mix some different but great voices, an not humanly good beatboxer, the Home Free humor twist and brotherhood. Sure enough, you have another incredibly funny magnificent video/song. Home Free always succeeds!🥰 I think if they sing the Sesame Street song is still great and become a hit😉
This was a great reaction to an interesting cover. I would love to see a reaction to Geoff Castelluci's version while this is fresh. They are very different and it would interesting to hear what you think.
Oh no one can do it like Johnny! Ha!! Question #11 I was wondering if you could play a great classical Texas song in honor of me! BOL! I am way out in northern Texas where the cattle roam and the roses are yellow!!!! Where the stars are bright!!
Geoff Castellucci did his own solo arrangement of this song. It isn't a capella because he uses light instrumentation in his solo work, but it is very fun and has some unique surprises. I hope you're able to react to it while this version is still fresh. They are both great versions and very different.
Fabulous! I know this song (because I'm old and loved Johnny) so I got to play along! I do like the faster tempo of Johnny's version, but this was so much fun and I loved your thorough explanation. Thank you! 👂🙏
I love Tim's bassline in the outro. So cool. This arrangement paints a full picture to me. I can see a guy in prison (in the 50's) laying on a bunk on a hot summer's night, windows open enclosed with bars, hearing that train in the distance with it's haunting whistle, thinking about how he got there in prison, and about all the people on that train and wishing he were on it. Rob's bluesy adlibs along with the slower pace of the song (and all the other train elements you already mentioned) adds the sentiment of that guy feeling blue. 😉 Another great reaction! I always look forward to these. Thx!
Love this version and really enjoyed your reaction. Hope you’ll react to Geoff Castellucci’s version of this song. It’s very different, but equally amazing.
Great analysis! ALWAYS love to hear what you have to say! I really like when you do a little singing for example..but it would be 'juicy' to hear you sing a song! Is there something available somewhere!??
Thank you so much And for now, I think all you'll get is little snippets here and there in these videosI tend to do them more frequently in my Dimash reactions
Love your reaction and breakdown/analysis! #HomeFree made me love this song! Thx for sharing your knowledge and insight. I don’t know about others but I’m not skipping ahead. 😊 As you mentioned West Side Story I think you would LOVE one of Voctave’s newer videos of Somewhere. Their founder and arranger, Jamey Ray saw the remake and realized there were 11 sections to the song and with 11 member in #Voctave he quickly set to work on an arrangement where each of their voices was highlighted. It’s jaw-droppingly beautiful and will leave you truly gob-smacked!!! Can’t wait to hear your analysis of that one (or any Voctave song). Prepare yourself for vocal mastery and dare I say musical perfection! ❤
I really want him to analyze Voctave, too. On the membership he asked for new artist ideas and my pick was Voctave. I chose the Disney Love Medley but mainly because there are so many PTX fans here and they would love it. My personal favorite from Voctave is Mary Did You Know.
I hope you react to the Home Free version of a classic Country hit from Vince Gill ' "Go Rest High On That Mountain". Actually, I hope you react to Vince Gill's original first to introduce him to the community , then react to Home Free. TY .. keep the Country Music coming ! 🎼🎼🎼🎼👍🎼🎼🎼🎼
If you want to concentrate on the song instead of getting sidetracked by a very poignant video, I suggest "The Church Sessions" version, recorded live for Country Rebel's channel.
I would LOVE to see Vince Gill on this channel. I really love the official music video for Go Rest High on that Mountain. I’ve noticed a lot of people react to the version sang at George Jone’s funeral which is emotional but doesn’t show Vince’s vocal skills. He was too busy crying 😢
The song is about having to listen to the train go by the prison everyday and his regret. About the coffee & cigars... probably two of things he really misses while being in prison. My guess anyway. Plus the lyrics were in the original song that he used for inspiration. Also, Johnny specifically made the music sound like the chuga chuga of a steam locomotive. All the train sounds you hear, such as Austin's high part was like a train horn, the chuga chuga by Adam is the sound of a steam locamotive, etc, was Home Free's way of bringing in the sound of a train because they don't have instruments. They usually have some sort of, I guess you could call them Easter eggs maybe, into their covers. I love watching your videos. Thank you.
Thank you! On the lyrics - as I mention in the video, in the original song the lyrics are different (they mention "pheasant breast and eastern caviar" instead of coffee and cigars). Here are the lyrics to the original song if you're interested: genius.com/Beverly-mahr-crescent-city-blues-lyrics I didn't recognise Austin's high part was imitating a train, very cool!
Love this. It’s one of my favorites. It came out during Covid so they were all at their own homes. The heights are all wrong. The guys are all around 6’ 2”. Yeah we think Tim did the crime, Adam belongs in the insane asylum and the others are accomplices. Hahaha! I love the train sound, harmonica and Rob’s jazzy notes. Tim looked evil on his last deep note. 😃🥰
All the guys are between 6'1" and Rob is the tallest at 6'4". The height charts in the video are just the HF guys goofing around (as they do) 😆. #HomeFree
Rob is 6'4"?! Surely not That is....very tall He doesn't look that tall compared to the others in pictures online? But this website says the same thing: www.wattpad.com/219257048-home-free-library-14-just-a-little-info Crazy!
I love watching how you physically react to the music- it’s so obvious that you are just thoroughly enjoying yourself. I also love the analysis- explaining what it is we are hearing that is pulling us in. Thank you!
Love your reactions - even though I'm far from someone who knows anything about music, you make the details about each song interesting. I'm really curious how long it takes you to do each video? Do you automatically know what key a song is in or what chords are being played or do you have to listen a couple of times to distinguish different parts?
Thank you! Most of the time-consumption of these videos is actually the editing A 20min video will take around 3 hours to edit. The raw filming itself usually takes around 45minutes - 1 hour? Obviously it varies from video to video, especially if I include additional music notation or piano clips, but these are ballpark figures. So the final product you're seeing now is the recording with all the gaps etc cut out, to make the videos as short as possible for you It's the only way I can get in all the info without making each video a mini-documentary 😅 On the question of knowing about the keys: yes, when I hear a piece of music I can hear which key it's in. I don't have perfect pitch so I can't hear a note and go "oh that's a C", for example, accurately 100% of the time. But in this case, I know that they're singing one semi-tone down from Johnny Cash, and I know what key Johnny Cash's version is in, so I therefore know which key HF's version is in 🎶 And then it's much easier to 'know' what you're hearing, as you have a musical context at this point. For notes in a chord, it depends on how complex the chords are! With very complex scrunch chords, I will listen to the chord a few times to really make sure I'm hearing things correctly. An example of this with a non-standard chord is at 14:40, you can see it took a quick second listen to get the final (4th) note of the chord
I am going to throw in a suggested band here. I've only seen you react to a capella so far, but I suspect you may like this rock band. Nightwish- Ghost Love Score Live at Wacken 2013.
Check out this reaction next 🎶
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Home Free's "crimes"
Tim: killed a man in Reno
Chance: mafia hit man
Austin: fleecing little old ladies
Rob: was framed
Adam: waiting to be transferred to the psych ward!
You're one of the few reactors who understood that the height charts was typical HF humor.
You have to realize that ALL the sounds that are in the background are train sounds, from the American Midwest, the clackety, clack on the track, the lonely train horn sound, to Austins cry sound of the train whistle. All of those sounds are associated with trains, to those of us that are old enough to remember.
Thank you. Alot of people don't realize that. Not only is the song about a train, Johnny specifically made the music sound like the chuga chuga of a steam locomotive. This was Home Free's was of bringing in the train sound because they don't have instruments.
This was filmed at each of their homes during Covid lockdown. They were being silly with the height charts. What an amazing result when it was all put together for us to hear! Fantastic!
I find Austin's train whistle soon totally fascinating.
Thanks! I didn't realise Austin's part was imitating a train whistle 🚂
This was always one of my HF faves. Glad you liked it too. Your dissection of music material is amazing to watch. :)
🎶🙉🙉🙉🎶 .. Sir HIrless , you my friend ....... are a Home Fry , and I love it. You enjoy the creativity, the harmonics , the playful spirit .. and the filth .... like we all do , but you have a posh vocabulary that we have to catch up with. Johnny Cash had a way with words , and a voice you could notice immediately. I like many of his songs , but I like the way Home Free honors him , but brings some juicy filth to it all. Nice to see that Home Free has a follower from across the pond who probably is sipping on a Breakast Tea while listening. Keep these coming Sir .. and by the way .. no one is skipping your breakdowns - your knowledge is very entertaining. TY .. 🙉🙉🙉🎶🎶
Thank you! 🫡
P.S. I don't drink tea
@@SirHairless not that it matters , but , I gave up drinking alcohol 34 years ago. I fell I love with the aroma and taste of coffee when I was young. Coffee is my daily friend , and once a week or so , I enjoy a nice hot cup of tea. I really enjoy your reactions to great music.
I was never a fan of the original, but when I heard Home Free’s version, I was blown away!!! Great reaction as always, Sir!
I was going to say the same thing…Home Free’s slowed down jazzy-bluesy version with the added “3, 4 years to go. Tell me do you hear that whistle blow” lyrics and the minor chords make for a far more interesting song! Fantastic reaction!
The words are"three more years to go" @@susanhorn4325
🐎🐎🐎🐎 .. great reaction !
Another killer song for you to react to by Home Free is - " Blue Ain't Your Color " . originally by Keith Urban. In the Home Free version , Rob has the spotlight and does a fabulous job. 🐎🐎🐎🐎
Reactions to “Blue Ain’t Your Color” tend to get blocked initially but do go through.
I think I heard Urban’s team reached out to HomeFree to cover it.
The original is very doo wop to my ears.
The guys did a great job of this Johnny Cash cover. Made it into a jazzy blues style. And they all look like some sort of criminals especially Tim & Adam. Remember this was done during quarantine so none of them were physically together. They were very creative during that time. Love the background train noises. Adam's beatboxing is crazy good & so is Tim's low notes.
Forgot to mention, back in the day trains had special cars for the wealthy passengers, dining cars and a lounge where the wealthy men would go after a meal to enjoy a coffee or their favorite alcoholic drink with a cigar (cigars were considered a sign of wealth).
Yes, “regular” folks were not allowed in the dining cars. If you rode the train in “coach”, you had the bring your own food, or try to find something at the places the train stopped.
If you remember from the movie Titanic, they did this after dinner. The men all went to have coffee, after dinner drink and cigars.
Tim's low notes in concerts vibrate everything, the floor, the seats. It's like a 4d experience.
Can attest this to be 100% true.
My chest was still vibrating driving home after the last concert I attended.
My hearing aides haven't really recovered from 2 years ago. 😅
I was wearing light loose clothes and standing really close to the stage for “Ring of Fire”. The sound was a literal breeze that moved the fabric like a wind. 🌬️
I'm pretty sure I read in other comments that Adam and his wife had just had a baby, hence the disheveled, no sleep, "mad" appearance. Great reaction and breakdown! 🙂❤
This is another "quarantine " song from Home Free, they kept us entertained throughout the entire time. Your analysis always seems to give me new insight that the "why" music feels so good in my head. Thanks!
You analysis is always so insightful. It makes appreciate even more how skilled Home Free are. Thank you again Sir.
Love your analysis as usual. I always learn something new.This was one of the songs they released during the Pandemic. In my opinion, there is a noticeable jump in both content and audio quality with their work. It's like they reached a new level.
I think that Cash's version is using the "happy" key is because he's singing to prisoners and he's there to have and make fun of how they got there. They adored him and the fact that he'd perform for them right there in prison! Austin's high notes are the trains horn blowing and underneath it all is the train chugging away on the tracks that you mentioned. It's all through the song. I think it's better heard on the Johnny Cash recording. Love the "good filth" face! A Sir Hairess classic now! Thanks!
Thanks for the info! 🙏
This was made during lockdown, so they recorded and filmed their individual parts at home, and their producer, Darren Rust, and videographer, Jimmy Bates, put them together. They put out a new video every two weeks or so -- gave all us Fries something to look forward to.
What a fantastic reaction. Your knowledge of how music is put together is just amazing. I just wish that I had the knowledge to keep up with you. But I gain a bit of understanding every time I watch. Since this is a Johnny Cash original, I will bring to your attention Johnny's version of HURT. It was recorded, and performed near the end of his life, and he changed the song to reflect an old mans regrets. I guess it is his final lament. He did a superb job with the music video, and it would be well worth one of your valuable reaction slots.
Thank you! And for the recommendation also 👌
Hurt by Johnny Cash is amazing. Another two covers that will blow you away are Help(the Beatles) by John Farnham with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Lose Yourself (Eminem) by Kasey Chambers both amazing Australian artists who have made the song their own. Love your reaction ❤
There’s also a great rendition of Hurt by The Hound + The Fox featuring Adam Chance. Worth checking out!
Brilliant reaction Sir Hairless, always enjoy your reactions. ❣
Thank you for reacting to this video. I enjoy watching your reactions.
There is a video from a concert of Austin laying on a speaker while Tim does his lowest note.
It is so funny.
I swear that boys face turns totally red before he get out from in front of that speaker.
In old films set in prison (often black and white in the 1950s), the soundtracks often had a wailing voice like Austin's in Home Free's version of Folsom Prison Blues. It was meant to convey the despair of imprisonment.
The imagery of sitting in a train car while "drinking coffee and smoking big cigars" is one of idle pleasure. Johnny Cash was the son of a sharecropper. Sharecroppers did not live idle lives but struggled daily just to survive. Being able freely to ride a train and indulge in simple pleasures was a fantasy.
The background music in this song is meant to invoke a old train. AUstin singing high is like a whistle in the the distance.
The "oh! oh!" just gotta listen, it's crazy, took me like 5 listens to realize it.
Another entertaining reaction, sir! As someone who used to know a little music theory, and has dabbled in music for most of my life, I am awe-struck by the depth and intensity of your breakdown segments. Keep doing what you're doing - it is absolutely brilliant 👍
Cheers!
Heard another HOME FREE with extra 'nasty, filthy, juicy, scrunchy' chords! (All Good, of course!) I couldn't help but think of you!! The song is STAND BY ME. Thanks as always for your expertise and time!!
I think Johnny would've loved Home Free's rendition. Thanks again for the wonderful analysis, they are always educational and fun.
That scowl we make when we hear "good filth" is known as "stank face" in the US. It's thus described in the online Urban Dictionary: "Definition of stank face from urban dictionary: “A reflexive expression made by musicians and music lovers - particularly those involved in Black American music scenes (funk, jazz, hip hop, etc.) - to show appreciation for a particularly stanky (i.e. funky) beat, solo, riff or bassline."
Awesome comment!
Fabulous reaction and analysis, Sir. HF can take any song and make it better, IMHO.
Haha thanks for this comment We call it the "bass face" over here
hahaha!! I used to live in the city of Folsom, California... Fantastic video!! How fun!! Thank you so much.
Could you hear the whistle blowing?
haha!! We had an " escapee" on the news once in a while. I had to lock the house. Maybe I did hear the whistle blow. One of the escapee was actually ON THE TRAIN... @@itzel1735
Wow, how cool! Didn't know that
YAAAASSSSSSS ‼️ 💕 Your video popped up and made my lunch and day so Happy‼️🤗 Enjoyable breakdown and the tone of your voice is soothing 🤗🤤💯
You look like you're having as good of a time listening to Home Free as we are watching you. I do belive you are a Home Fry.
I am on the run today, so I will comment later but others have brought up the train sounds. Much of country stems from Appalachia,, which are our eastern mountains where the grungy, moonshining mountain men lived. Not the big Rocky Mountains out west where the cowboys went. After the civil war, coffee was a scarce commodity and they had to drink chicory. Our entire country was founded on a bunch of Englishmen who got a hold of tobacco seed and it was such a valuable commodity, they could have been put to death for having them. They fled to Jamestown, Virginia and made a fortune off tobacco. That could be where the cigar came from. Later on Cuban cigars became a popular luxury. Depends on which era they are referencing. We don't know. As for Tim and vibration, look up the video Tim Faust's vibration and go to the 4 minute mark to see it. Good reaction, as always, Sir. And Geoff goes lower in Oogie Boogie's song.
Ok. Baseball done. The clicking noise is from the train reference. I am not sure about British trains, but our tracks are modular. They're put together in pieces and as you roll over the connection, it clicks in set time. Austin's got the steam release and whistle. Later on the sounds are more prison, with the clanging gates, lock sounds and harmonica. They do a real interesting cover of Unchained Melody like this, where what they focus on changes the conventional interpretation of the song.
Geoff actually does not go lower on Oogie Boogie though he can. In this cover SH points out an E1 which is the same lowest note Geoff hits in Oogie Boogie but it sounds lower because it’s a subharmonic and Geoff also has more resonance. I believe the lowest note Tim hits in this one is a B1 which is even lower than the E1. The lowest note Geoff has recorded is an A0, not sure of Tim’s record low. 😅
I know very little about technical music theory but I am learning more every time I listen to your comments. The eerie sounds we are hearing used to be very common. They are the sounds of trains traveling through the countryside, passing intersections and track switches. I wonder if the whistles and rhythms are different in the UK. Thank you. For your insights
Cigars weren’t technically for rich people, just top-quality ones. I have my great-great-grandmother’s business card when she had her own barbershop in Chicago in 1899-1908, and on it, she advertises not just her barbering services, but also “first-class laundry” and “fine cigars and tobaccos.” Her clientele seemed to have been the average stockyards worker living nearby, not one of the bosses commuting in, so definitely not the wealthy type!
Oh, to go back to a simpler time when all "this country needed was a good 5-cent cigar".
I've always just listened to a song and never thought about all that goes into the writing and arranging. Thank you for breaking it down for us. Blows my mind how they know what to do to make up all the different parts. Does that make sense? Amazing
Indeed! I always say that arranging is an art form
❤ top-notch!
Southerners consider coffee and cigars, things we indulge in a state of relaxation. Like “no worries “. 🙏🏻❤️
Those Songs are Dangerous... They Stick in the head for days.... Especially when the bass digs deep
I keep seeing their stage production of this song in my head.
For sure!
I never was a Johnny Cash fan but Home Free, as always, blow it out of the park. Sir Hairless your analysis is just as enjoyable as the song. Love how you break things down
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Loved these five vocal monsters and your REACTION - as always - God bless and thanks much, GBjj
Love the Analysis!
I always loved Johnny Cash's version. But wnen I first heard their version, it became my new favorite. Geoff's is pretty good too. Thank you for another great and educational reaction. I like how you break it down, and also include your i terpretation of the lyrics
What a groove! I love their take on it. I have to admit it’s not an original I would listen to but their cover... absolutely! That slower pace and rich chords, now, that gets my attention. Great R/A again... lol... I repeat myself but I want you to know how much I appreciate your hard, instructive and entertaining work. 🤗
Thank you so much, as always, for your kind words and support I really appreciate it
My father loved this Johnny Cash song.
This version is much more appealing to my ears than the original!( which my dad played a lot).
❤R/A🎼
Are they Gregorian Chants? Sounds like it - or plain song. I think they are one and the same maybe?
Plainchants are usually just one line, whereas organum requires more than one line to create the harmony. I think of them as the next generation/evolution of plainchants 🎶
Wow! I love your breakdown of the chord structures! Please keep reacting to HF! And you sir, are very easy on the eyes! Keep the reactions coming!
Hearing Tim in person sing those lows...you feel them in your soul
I love Home Free (especially Tim Foust), and I thoroughly enjoyed this cover and your reaction.
I must admit that Geoff Castellucci’s cover of this song is my favorite.
It would be interesting if you juxtaposed reactions to the same song by different artists. I think there are dozens of covers to “Sound of Silence” or “Hallelujah”, for example.
Of course, you could just react to one rendition of “Hallelujah” - the one by Caleb Hyles has four other solo singers: Thomas Sanders, Jonathan Young, Colm McGuinness, & Dan Vasc. ua-cam.com/video/y7kBEGrLfjM/v-deo.htmlsi=4v06HqhYK5Yaz1-
Geoff Castellucci also did "Folsom Prison Blues". It is fantastic. He rented a real prison for it.
Geoff clones himself 3-4 times for harmonies. They all have their own names.... Jeff, Jeoph, Goff and Daryl.
These 4 can be seen in his newest video "Unshaken". Which is the 4 ghost riders from his "Ghost Riders In The Sky" video. When they were still alive.
All his videos are amazing just like Voiceplay is. He also uses costumes and makeup in his videos but he uses instruments and effects not acapella. He is also multi genre. Rock, oldies, folk, country, pop, movie characters.
My first introduction to him was "Ain't No Sunshine".
I found Geoff version better Lol
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Me too.
Not a big Home Free fan anyway. Give me Geoff and Voiceplay any day.
@ronsbrat525 Exactly, and their videos are funnier too.
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Yes they are.
Can't wait till their new video posts on UA-cam. It is funny as heck. Their absolute best. Sequel to "In The Hall of The Mountain King".
@@jackyfriedman1963 Yes
Home Free did a great job on this song. Chance's voice fits in this and Tim's voice fits in this song. Austin and Rob did a great job to.
Adam's beatboxing is great. Last part of this song Tim's low bass voice 😊. Home Free is my favorite group. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Roy Clark also did an amazing variation of this song back in the 60s. Breaking down his guitar work in his version would be interesting.
Always love your reaction/analysis! Thanks Sir! 🍟
tim got the stank face out of you with that note :D
I much value your reaction videos, better suited to my tastes than most other (maybe all other) reactors that I see. Furthermore, it is impressive that you sing, have been there, done that, and you hear what is going on in the music, especially the subtleties. I have always construed Austin's high riffs effectuating the train whistle, adding to the loneliness of the song’s theme. We prisoners can hear the whistle, even when we can’t see the train, but it makes no difference. We will never be on it. Thanks for the reaction.
This is a great version of this song. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Waouh waouh waouh beautiful never heard before
I have to ask, do you teach? I know everyone has a calling per se, but you would be outstanding at it! I am 52yrs old and have learned more from you than they taught me in school! MUSIC FEEDS THE SOUL! But with that being said, my grandmother had a keyboard and she played fantastic but she did it by ear. Lots of music talent in our family before her, but all by Ear. I now have a 2 and a half granddaughter that THRIVES on music! She will, at her young age, watch the Sound of Music half way through without getting fidgety! My mother is the only one that can READ music. Not a single one of us can live without MUSIC! I think this is why I love your reactions so much! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ You can take TV, movies, etc. away from me, but don't take access of music away from me, that would be a BAD day 😂😂😂😂😂
I don't teach, but thank you
Yes, music is definitely engrained into our DNA 🎶and The Sound Of Music is a great film
Hey Sir, I can’t believe you mentioned the parallel organum mode of using the intervals between melodic lines executed in archaic songs in this reaction! Yesterday I was reading a text that briefly compared medieval melodies in the plainchant and in the variations of organum - that’s a huge coincidence and, honestly, I can’t believe how much of a music encyclopedia you are!😄And in this fun reaction we even got a very nice ‘bass face’ from you in that Tim super low note, sooo cool!👌It’s amazing to be here always learning a bit of new things from your 'filthy' analysis, thank you very much!!
Wow, that is quite a coincidenceWhat was the text you were reading, if you don't mind my asking? Or what was it about?
@@SirHairless Hi, Sir! It was a text written in Portuguese discussing the influence of the ancient Gregorian chant to the folkloric music typical of the Northeast region of Brazil. What makes this place particularly interesting on this matter is the fact that it was the place where the colonization began, with the first known musical miscegenation starting to happen in the brazilian territory (through the mixture of music brought by Portuguese jesuits - variations of gregorian chants - with the indigenenous music existent among Tupi tribes). Until recent years this region remained quite isolated, keeping several cultural/musical traits that are reminiscent of ancient times. Besides, it's the birthplace of most of my family, corresponding to the place where my innermost cultural background is rooted - so, it's something that captures my interest! :)
Absolutely love this. I am sure Johnny Cash would be proud. Home Free are so extremely talented! Love your reaction and analysis! ♥
First reactor ever to recognize Crescent City Blues. But you missed the even earlier original ragtime(?) piano-only Crescent City Blues. 😂. Still one of my favorite Home Free songs and as always you come through on the breakdown.
I love your analysis of these songs! This is a fan favorite of Home Fry’s so I believe they perform it at most concerts (I unfortunately have not been to one because they don’t come out my way often if at all). I love this version of this song both the vocals and the interpretation but of course I love Home Free, my favorite group by a mile! ❤ You mentioned West Side Story which is one of my favorites. I think Bernstein was a very underrated composer. I would think as a classical musician you may have heard his Chichester Psalms? It is amazing! And to think he also wrote a Broadway show Candide, 3 completely different styles of music but I always loved his use of dissonance and syncopation. Thanks again for a wonderful analysis! #HomeFree
Thanks Patricia! Yes, I know Chichester Psalms extremely well
(It may have even been the first solo concert I gave as a chorister )
Here is one of my favourite recordings, sung by Lawrence Zazzo in Cambridge: ua-cam.com/video/o-2Xk7fZ7q8/v-deo.html
@@SirHairless That was stunning, thank you! When I was in High School (I graduated 1973 😫), I sang in the NYSMA Festival and received a 6A++ the highest grade possible for my performance of O Divine Redeemer. From there I was chosen for the All County, then the All State, then the all Eastern choirs. With the All Eastern choir we performed Chichester Psalms, what an honor. I was quite a good soprano back then but being 69 now I can’t sing much anymore but I sure can still appreciate what I hear and how difficult it is to perform it. Thank you again for your reactions and analysis, I really enjoy them.
Love this version enjoyed
I love Austin doing the train whistles throughout.
Had eyes closed during my 2nd listen, and what an awesome experience 👏. I absolutely love Johnny's version, but (and as much as I don't always cover versions), I have to say, HF did an amazing job - such talents ❤️. Very much "the same but different".
The fake heights crack me up. Peace, Love!!
Dear SH - this is absolutely brilliant!! I'm comparatively new to Home Free - first heard them on your channel - and this song blows my mind - my favourite so far, I love it!! And your analysis is just filth, GOOD filth! 👌 💯 👏
We love the good filth!
I had some basic music training as a child, and I find your explanations very helpful and useful to my range of knowledge - so I very much apppreciate every one of your bits of detail as they make sense to me, as they must also be to people with higher levels of training. Thanks so much for adding to the enjoyment of my favorite singing group!
I hear the train sounds daily in very tiny town America. They’re very accurate 😊 I like that you caught the height chart humor. Great reaction and informative ❤
When they do this song live, they combIne it with Man Of Constant Sorrow. It is such a stinken cool mashup! Austin joins Adam Rupp in doing the "nomonica". I'm really gonna miss him!
Oh, that was one of my favorite reaction/analysis yet! Loved your expression when Tim hit that low note on his last verse! This was one of the last videos they put out at the end of the pandemic. Love their version! Love Rob’s bluesy notes! Some of my favorites! There are so many more Home Free reactions that came to mind while watching you react to this one. The first is their Boyz 2 Men cover of “End of the Road” where Rob and Austin trade off between leads. Rob really lets loose on this one! Oooweee! Austin belts it out, too! Also, the did Keith Urban’s cover of “Blue Ain’t Your Color” with some choreography (which is not Rob and Chance’s strong suit, especially Chance. ☺️). Last, but certainly not least is their cover of “Unchained Melody”. Ooooh! It Gooood!
Hermosa versión, alegre y divertida. Es hermoso ver las diferentes versiones. gracias por enseñarnos tanto. Y Gracias por amar tanto la música y transmitirnos a todos ese amor y pasión por ella. Un abrazo grande de madre, como siempre.
Awesome breakdown and analysis!!! Home Free, when they cover they stay true and honor the original but definitely make it their own. I love it!!! Be Safe
There's something just SO satisfying about a good E1
Thanks!
I love how this includes sounds similar to the natural sounds of an old locomotive. Chugga chugga, clicketly clack and the long off whistle.
And I adore the syncopated rhythm.
But my favorite part is the tenors echoing mama's warning, "Don't ever play with guns" in her higher voice.
p.s. I think Adam said he ended up racking an actual shotgun to get the exact sound he wanted for the end of that phrase on the recording.
Cool, thanks for the info!
I’m seeing them 2 weeks from today…Cannot Wait ♥️💕♥️🥰❤️🔥🔥‼️….The last time 1 year & 3 months ago…it Was AMAZING ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥‼️…my butt vibrated, &, my hair tingled … it was CRAZY FUN 🔥💕🔥‼️…
Enjoy!
Love your breakdowns....this rendition reminded me of Gregorian chants a bit. It's interesting you brought it up.
Well that was fun!! 😂 Very upbeat reaction love it! You are so cute when you watch Scruggs notes!
So glad you chose this Home Free song to react to!
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A very favorite song of mine is Home Free’s version of “Crazy” originally sung by Patsy Cline! You’ll love it!
Did you see? They are one of the acts at The Ryman, Patsy Cline tribute, in April?
No, I didn’t! Thanks @@itzel1735
Mix some different but great voices, an not humanly good beatboxer, the Home Free humor twist and brotherhood. Sure enough, you have another incredibly funny magnificent video/song. Home Free always succeeds!🥰
I think if they sing the Sesame Street song is still great and become a hit😉
Check out Geoff Castellucci’s cover of this. Also, check out the collaboration with Home Free and The Oakridge Boys of “ Elvira”!
#HOMEFREE....so good!
Sincere reaction.
This was a great reaction to an interesting cover. I would love to see a reaction to Geoff Castelluci's version while this is fresh. They are very different and it would interesting to hear what you think.
Oh no one can do it like Johnny! Ha!! Question #11 I was wondering if you could play a great classical Texas song in honor of me! BOL! I am way out in northern Texas where the cattle roam and the roses are yellow!!!! Where the stars are bright!!
Geoff Castellucci did his own solo arrangement of this song. It isn't a capella because he uses light instrumentation in his solo work, but it is very fun and has some unique surprises. I hope you're able to react to it while this version is still fresh. They are both great versions and very different.
Fabulous! I know this song (because I'm old and loved Johnny) so I got to play along! I do like the faster tempo of Johnny's version, but this was so much fun and I loved your thorough explanation. Thank you! 👂🙏
I love Tim's bassline in the outro. So cool. This arrangement paints a full picture to me. I can see a guy in prison (in the 50's) laying on a bunk on a hot summer's night, windows open enclosed with bars, hearing that train in the distance with it's haunting whistle, thinking about how he got there in prison, and about all the people on that train and wishing he were on it. Rob's bluesy adlibs along with the slower pace of the song (and all the other train elements you already mentioned) adds the sentiment of that guy feeling blue. 😉 Another great reaction! I always look forward to these. Thx!
Love this version and really enjoyed your reaction. Hope you’ll react to Geoff Castellucci’s version of this song. It’s very different, but equally amazing.
Great analysis! ALWAYS love to hear what you have to say! I really like when you do a little singing for example..but it would be 'juicy' to hear you sing a song! Is there something available somewhere!??
Thank you so much
And for now, I think all you'll get is little snippets here and there in these videosI tend to do them more frequently in my Dimash reactions
Sir Hairless, please listen to Home Free doing I've Seen. Tim's range is crazy. I'd love to know how many octaves he covers in one breath. Thanks.
Love your reaction and breakdown/analysis! #HomeFree made me love this song! Thx for sharing your knowledge and insight. I don’t know about others but I’m not skipping ahead. 😊
As you mentioned West Side Story I think you would LOVE one of Voctave’s newer videos of Somewhere. Their founder and arranger, Jamey Ray saw the remake and realized there were 11 sections to the song and with 11 member in #Voctave he quickly set to work on an arrangement where each of their voices was highlighted. It’s jaw-droppingly beautiful and will leave you truly gob-smacked!!! Can’t wait to hear your analysis of that one (or any Voctave song). Prepare yourself for vocal mastery and dare I say musical perfection! ❤
I really want him to analyze Voctave, too. On the membership he asked for new artist ideas and my pick was Voctave. I chose the Disney Love Medley but mainly because there are so many PTX fans here and they would love it. My personal favorite from Voctave is Mary Did You Know.
My ear has always interpreted Austin's high riffs in this song as being reminiscent of a lonely, distant whistle of a train.
I hope you react to the Home Free version of a classic Country hit from Vince Gill ' "Go Rest High On That Mountain".
Actually, I hope you react to Vince Gill's original first to introduce him to the community , then react to Home Free. TY .. keep the Country Music coming ! 🎼🎼🎼🎼👍🎼🎼🎼🎼
If you want to concentrate on the song instead of getting sidetracked by a very poignant video, I suggest "The Church Sessions" version, recorded live for Country Rebel's channel.
Oh I adore both of these versions! Such a phenomenal song by Vince but Home Free just blew me away with their version!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I would LOVE to see Vince Gill on this channel. I really love the official music video for Go Rest High on that Mountain. I’ve noticed a lot of people react to the version sang at George Jone’s funeral which is emotional but doesn’t show Vince’s vocal skills. He was too busy crying 😢
Holy cow! Dropping a bomb like that in the middle! I didn’t know Austin was leaving! 😢🤯😔
Best wishes to him. He’s an incredible talent.
The song is about having to listen to the train go by the prison everyday and his regret. About the coffee & cigars... probably two of things he really misses while being in prison. My guess anyway. Plus the lyrics were in the original song that he used for inspiration.
Also, Johnny specifically made the music sound like the chuga chuga of a steam locomotive. All the train sounds you hear, such as Austin's high part was like a train horn, the chuga chuga by Adam is the sound of a steam locamotive, etc, was Home Free's way of bringing in the sound of a train because they don't have instruments. They usually have some sort of, I guess you could call them Easter eggs maybe, into their covers.
I love watching your videos. Thank you.
Thank you!
On the lyrics - as I mention in the video, in the original song the lyrics are different (they mention "pheasant breast and eastern caviar" instead of coffee and cigars). Here are the lyrics to the original song if you're interested: genius.com/Beverly-mahr-crescent-city-blues-lyrics
I didn't recognise Austin's high part was imitating a train, very cool!
Always click fast when you analyze Home Free.
Love this version ❤
Love this. It’s one of my favorites. It came out during Covid so they were all at their own homes. The heights are all wrong. The guys are all around 6’ 2”. Yeah we think Tim did the crime, Adam belongs in the insane asylum and the others are accomplices. Hahaha!
I love the train sound, harmonica and Rob’s jazzy notes. Tim looked evil on his last deep note. 😃🥰
All the guys are between 6'1" and Rob is the tallest at 6'4". The height charts in the video are just the HF guys goofing around (as they do) 😆.
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And Chance had to record his video on his knees when it shows the height markings 😂
Came here to say exactly that😉
Rob is 6'4"?! Surely not That is....very tall He doesn't look that tall compared to the others in pictures online? But this website says the same thing: www.wattpad.com/219257048-home-free-library-14-just-a-little-info
Crazy!
I love watching how you physically react to the music- it’s so obvious that you are just thoroughly enjoying yourself. I also love the analysis- explaining what it is we are hearing that is pulling us in. Thank you!
I really enjoy your breakdown analysis.
Love your reactions - even though I'm far from someone who knows anything about music, you make the details about each song interesting. I'm really curious how long it takes you to do each video? Do you automatically know what key a song is in or what chords are being played or do you have to listen a couple of times to distinguish different parts?
I am curious also. Sir Hairless should do a Q&A to answer all of our wonderings.
Thank you!
Most of the time-consumption of these videos is actually the editing A 20min video will take around 3 hours to edit. The raw filming itself usually takes around 45minutes - 1 hour? Obviously it varies from video to video, especially if I include additional music notation or piano clips, but these are ballpark figures.
So the final product you're seeing now is the recording with all the gaps etc cut out, to make the videos as short as possible for you It's the only way I can get in all the info without making each video a mini-documentary 😅
On the question of knowing about the keys: yes, when I hear a piece of music I can hear which key it's in. I don't have perfect pitch so I can't hear a note and go "oh that's a C", for example, accurately 100% of the time. But in this case, I know that they're singing one semi-tone down from Johnny Cash, and I know what key Johnny Cash's version is in, so I therefore know which key HF's version is in 🎶 And then it's much easier to 'know' what you're hearing, as you have a musical context at this point.
For notes in a chord, it depends on how complex the chords are! With very complex scrunch chords, I will listen to the chord a few times to really make sure I'm hearing things correctly. An example of this with a non-standard chord is at 14:40, you can see it took a quick second listen to get the final (4th) note of the chord
I am going to throw in a suggested band here. I've only seen you react to a capella so far, but I suspect you may like this rock band.
Nightwish- Ghost Love Score Live at Wacken 2013.
Thanks for the recommendation!
@@SirHairless Most of the present members were classically trained. The keyboard player writes the score and the metal. He's our Metal Mozart.